Advanced Wordpress Reset
CVE-2022-2181
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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1DescriptionNVD
The Advanced WordPress Reset WordPress plugin before 1.6 does not escape some generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
AnalysisAI
The Advanced WordPress Reset WordPress plugin before 1.6 does not escape some generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The Advanced WordPress Reset WordPress plugin before 1.6 does not escape some generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Affected products include: Sigmaplugin Advanced Wordpress Reset. Version information: before 1.6.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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